Hazel
Nationally, Hazel lands at #21 for 2025, as settled as a name gets. It crested back in 1918, and what is left is the good kind of familiar: heard of, rarely met.
Hazel’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Hazel, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Hazel since 1880
Hazel peaked in 1918 at #33; #21 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Hazel is most common
By share of a state's recorded girls' names, Hazel runs strongest in Wyoming at 1.85% in 2025, then Vermont and Idaho.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Hazel
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Harvey
#251 in 2025 · Celtic
Lillian
#57 in 2025
Clara
#63 in 2025 · Latin
Ruby
#64 in 2025
Vivian
#72 in 2025 · Latin
Arthur
#87 in 2025 · Celtic
Anna
#107 in 2025 · Hebrew
Rose
#114 in 2025 · Latin
Browse: names starting with H · all names
About Hazel
How popular is the name Hazel?
Nationally, Hazel lands at #21 for 2025, as settled as a name gets. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Hazel have a meaning on record?
Hazel postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.
What names go with Hazel?
Nearest by the published recipe: Harvey, Lillian and Clara. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Hazel’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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